Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 5.9.17, English translation, including word-by-word: This text represents a Vaishnava scripture which narrates the life Krishna, It was composed in seventeen cantos by Garga Muni: an ancient sage and priest of the Yadu dynasty having. This is verse 5 of Chapter 9 (The Happiness of the Yadus) of Canto 5 (mathura-khanda).

Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:

तम् आह भगवान् शीघ्रं
पुत्रं देहि गुरोर् मम
प्रचण्डोर्मि-घटाटोपैस्
त्वया तद्-ग्रहणं कृतम्

tam āha bhagavān śīghraṃ
putraṃ dehi guror mama
pracaṇḍormi-ghaṭāṭopais
tvayā tad-grahaṇaṃ kṛtam

tam—to him; āha—said; bhagavānthe Supreme Personality of Godhead; śīghram—at once; putram—the son; dehigive; guroḥ—of the guru; mama—of Me; pracaṇḍormi-ghaṭāṭopaiḥ—with powerful waves; tvayā—by you; tad-grahaṇam—tha taking of him; kṛtam—done.

English translation of verse 5.9.17:

To him Lord Kṛṣṇa said, "Return at once My guru's son, whom you took with your powerful waves."

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